A lot of people say a lot of things
about Arsenal and their players and fans and ground ... and everything about
them really.

These are just some of them ...

"Jens
changed his mind, but wasn't quick enough to respond to his brain."

ARSENE WENGERabout goalkeeper Jens Lehmann's mis-kick that gave Fulham a goal in
2007.

"He
starts crying after the final whistle.
I
played for managers who would be turning in their graves."

ALAN HANSEN on William
Gallas' petulant sob sat
on the floor after the Gooners draw at Birmingham City 23.02.08

"Without
being too harsh on David, he cost us the match."

IAN WRIGHT on ITV about
goalkeeper David Seaman

"Adams
is stretching himself, looking for Seaman."

BRIAN MOORE (Football
commentator)

"I
hear Tony Adams is appealing. Apparently he wasn't pissed. He was
just trying to get the wall back another 10 yards."

After dinner football
speaker BOB BEVAN on Tony Adams' conviction for drunk-driving after his
car crashed into front garden of a house in Romford

"The
first wasn't a foul, so I thought, if they want a foul I'll give
them a foul."

ERIC CANTONA explaining
why he got sent off in two consecutive games against Arsenal in 1994

"It
seems our defence have been around for donkey's years."

PAT RICE thinks like a
lot of people about the Arsenal back four (Radio Five Live)

"It
took a lot of bottle for Tony to own up."

IAN WRIGHT on Tony
Adams' confession to being an alcoholic

"And
Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction."

JOHN MOTSON

"These
rumours are completely false. I've only watched two musicals
during my entire spell in London and they are Mamma Mia and Saturday
Night Fever."

FREDDIE LJUNGBERG
refutes the "gay" rumours which were circulating about him

"I
can understand everyone, everyone except Ray Parlour."

JUNICHI INAMOTO tries to
learn English

"If
you love Senegal so much, why don't you play for them ?"

ROY KEANE poses a
question to Patrick Vieira in the tunnel at Old Trafford

"Before
the game there was all this stuff about anti-racism and
anti-bullying. It would be a good idea to start wearing wristbands
for anti-diving."

ROY KEANE before a game
against Arsenal

"A
bag of meat with eyes."

PORTUGUESE NEWSPAPER
description of David Seaman after England lost 2-3 to Portugal

"I
have had to adapt to a different footballing mentality since I have
been in England. I got booed by the crowd the first times I
fell to the ground under challenge. In the eyes of English
people all Italians are divers, and there is an element of truth in
that. I think back to one of my former coaches, who taught me
to run in a particular posture so I would go to ground more easily."

Arsenal's Italian youth
signing ATURO LUPOLI

"Our
objective is to keep Arsenal English, albeit with a lot of foreign
players."

Arsenal Chairman DENIS HILL
WOOD

"There
is something reassuring about Arsenal's growing struggle to retain the
championship. The thought is not borne out of any desire for
Arsenal to fail or Manchester United to succeed but simply a wish to see
the difficulty of winning back-to-back English league titles."
... "For an Arsenal team to fail when in sight of honours would be a
rarity. For them, to fail because of defensive short-comings would
be rarer, yet to some extent Wenger has wished these problems on
himself.
He inherited an ageing back four
which, as Lee Dixon pointed out, was given an extension by the arrival
of Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit to stiffen the midfield.
Wenger bought himself time to rebuild his defence, but so far neither
time nor money has been wholly well spent."

The Guardian's football writerDAVID LACEY

"We
had 500 passes, Tottenham had 222; we had 18 shots on goal,
Tottenham had 12 and we had 64% of possession. That suns up
the game."

ARSENE WENGER after
forgetting the score was 5-1 to Spurs in the League Cup semi-final
second leg 2008

"Next,
a man who has fulfilled every schoolboy's dream. He's won the
Double, he's captained England and driven his car into a wall at
very high speed. Ladies and gentlemen, Tony Adams."

Character Sanjeev Kumar
introducing Tony Adams on BBC TV comedy chat show "The Kumars at 42"

"Jesus,
I only wanted you to pass the salt."

ROY KEANE on being
given a tactical lecture by Tony Adams at a UEFA conference

"He
was involved in both and spent so much time on the ground I was
wondering when his funeral would be."

UEFA referee assessor
KEITH COOPER on Arsenal's Ashley Cole's involvement in getting Lee
Bowyer and Danny Mills of Leeds United sent off

"It's
about the drunken parties that go no for days, the orgies, the birds
and the fabulous money."

1970s Arsenal midfielder
PETER STOREY well known for his criminal activities

"Shall
we buy a crowd for you ?"

FANS OF AFFLUENT CHELSEA
in 2005 on the quiet atmosphere at Highbury

"I
watched the matches that were broadcast in Russia, but it seemed
less difficult on TV."

Arsenal's new 2009
signing ANDREY ARSHAVIN

"I'm
sure they would do well. I'm sure they would get a point."

Arsenal midfielder CESC
FABREGAS on how Arsenal Ladies would do against a Spurs team, who had
picked up five points in nine games, just before the men's team faced
Tottenham. The game ended in a 4-4 draw.

"A
couple of months ago a man in a Post Office van hee-hawed at me as
he passed. It's only once or twice a year these days.
Probably a Spurs fan."